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We were at the gingerbread party cleaning up... Aaron tried to climb onto a tall stool and slipped. His chin/lower lip hit the seat of the stool. Hard.
Blood on the inside and outside. His teeth went through, all the way through, about 1/4" long, straight cut. After I got the initial bleeding to stop (gentle pressure), he wanted down and was walking around talking to people. My friend's mom is a nurse (he called her to ask) and she said the only reason to worry about stitches was the asthetic thing, as it is a facial wound. (scar solution cream will fade any scar, so that's not my concern~ I'm worried about infection)
It is holding closed on its own, is barely long enough for 1-2 stitches (per side I guess)~ we decided it was not worth the extra trauma to take him in and have them stab him in the face with needles 3-6 hours past bedtime. We're researching oral piercing treatments to prevent infection....
Poor guy.
Just wanted into a stool, and ends up with a cut open mouth. P&PT that it heals quickly and smoothly! (and if it looks bad in the morning we'll take him in... but I think the window of opportunity will have passed by then. 6-8 hours to get stitches done, right?)
I think it is a blessing in disguise that it happened just before he is going to sleep. It will have a chance to heal, when it needs to be left alone the most, while he sleeps. He can't tongue it open in his sleep, etc. It will have a chance to do its best healing right now. May he sleep well tonight! (he won't even let us give him oral meds, but he ate a small piece of candy off my gingerbread house, so he's not in too much pain to eat, at least)
Anyway. Rambling. Poor guy.
Blood on the inside and outside. His teeth went through, all the way through, about 1/4" long, straight cut. After I got the initial bleeding to stop (gentle pressure), he wanted down and was walking around talking to people. My friend's mom is a nurse (he called her to ask) and she said the only reason to worry about stitches was the asthetic thing, as it is a facial wound. (scar solution cream will fade any scar, so that's not my concern~ I'm worried about infection)
It is holding closed on its own, is barely long enough for 1-2 stitches (per side I guess)~ we decided it was not worth the extra trauma to take him in and have them stab him in the face with needles 3-6 hours past bedtime. We're researching oral piercing treatments to prevent infection....
Poor guy.

I think it is a blessing in disguise that it happened just before he is going to sleep. It will have a chance to heal, when it needs to be left alone the most, while he sleeps. He can't tongue it open in his sleep, etc. It will have a chance to do its best healing right now. May he sleep well tonight! (he won't even let us give him oral meds, but he ate a small piece of candy off my gingerbread house, so he's not in too much pain to eat, at least)
Anyway. Rambling. Poor guy.
